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Driver dies inside vehicle in crash at east Fort Worth intersection, police say

A 39-year-old driver died in a crash in east Fort Worth on Monday night, Oct. 6, police said.
A 39-year-old driver died in a crash in east Fort Worth on Monday night, Oct. 6, police said. Getty Images/iStockphoto

A 39-year-old man who was driving a vehicle died Monday night when it collided with another vehicle in east Fort Worth, police said.

Eusebio Galvan Hurtado died of blunt force injuries about 10:45 p.m. inside of his vehicle on Miller Avenue at Avenue J, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office.

The passenger in Galvan Hurtado’s vehicle was a child who appeared to have suffered minor injuries and was taken to a hospital for an evaluation, according to a Fort Worth police spokesperson.

The other vehicle’s driver also suffered minor injuries in the crash and was evaluated at the scene, police said.

The spokesperson did not release the make or model of the vehicles, their direction of travel, or release other information about the circumstances of the collision.


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Emerson Clarridge
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Emerson Clarridge covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He works days and reports on law enforcement affairs in Tarrant County. He previously was a reporter at the Omaha World-Herald and the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, New York.
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